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How to Simplify SAP with GuiXT Push Buttons
Host Speakers:Dan Nunes, Synactive
Aparna Desai, Synactive
Customer Speaker:Steve Hofford, SAP Applications Developer, Altair
Advanced Industries
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Agenda• GuiXT Technology
• Customer Introduction• Steve Hofford, SAP Applications Developer
• Customer Presentations• Company Overview
• Using GuiXT
• Design Goals
• Solution Demonstration
• Issues Encountered
• Benefits / Results
• Questions & Answers
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Simplify, Clarify, and Optimize SAP• GuiXT Technology
• Embedded in SAP• Certified by SAP for NetWeaver Portals• No backend code changes
• Benefits• Faster SAP Data Entry
• Input sets automatically fill in common information in SAP fields• Set default values• Less manual entry for users means fewer mistakes• Streamline business processes, remove unwanted fields, and consolidate
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Synactive: GuiXT Technology
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Synactive: GuiXT Activation
Embedded within SAP!
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Synactive: GuiXT Solutions• GuiXT Technology is a mature, risk free enhancement which has been
bundled with SAP for the last 10 years.
• Deployed to hundreds of thousands of users worldwide, GuiXT is fast to
develop and easy to customize. Desktop
Offline
Office
Mobile
Web UI
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Quick Transactions with GuiXT
Steve HoffordAltair Advanced Industries, Inc.
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Who are we?• Implemented SAP in 1999• Currently ECC 6.0 and Netweaver 7.0• Approximately 400 users• Manufacturing company
– FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, LE, CS, QM
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The Alpha Group is an alliance of Independent Companies sharing a common philosophy - to create World-Class Powering Solutions
• Over three (3) million powering solutions in operation globally• Over 30 years of powering solutions expertise
• Over $400 million in annual sales• Over 1,000 employees
Powering the World’s Largest Communications Networks
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Broadband Power Industrial FTTx
Renewable Energy Security Telecom
Traffic Control Wireless ATS
The Alpha Group - Total Power Solutions™
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How do we use GuiXT?• GuiXT for SAP GUI• InputAssistant
• Service processing• Sales order processing• Shipping – handling units
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Design Goals• “KISS” – keep it simple and
straightforward– Only remove what has to be removed– Only add what has to be added
• Hub and spoke architecture• Progress indicators• Use existing screen controls
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Existing Screen
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Transaction HU02
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Hub & Spokes
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Progress Indicators
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Hub -> Spoke -> Hub
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Transaction IW33
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Hub & Spokes
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Hub -> Spoke -> Hub
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SAP Table Control
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Local Files• OpenFile, AppendFile, CloseFile• Use to process table controls, with custom columns• Use SAP long text Upload and Download to save and
retrieve the local text files with table data
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Issues Encountered• Maintaining the hub & spoke architecture consistently• Smaller scripts but more of them• Speed, especially table control processing
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Benefits• Intuitive user interface alleviates end-user training
burden• High level of acceptance by the business when complex
processes are streamlined• Consistency of transactional data across business units
and product lines
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Results• Alpha QuickPack in HU02
– Saves ~10 hours per month over hand writing packaging information
– Data entered via QuickPack prevents costly shipping mistakes
• Alpha QuickRepair in IW33– Saves ~270 hours per month company-wide over
standard SAP screens– Data entered via QuickRepair provides consistent
and timely repair information to our customers
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SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference• When: May 15 – 18• Where: Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida• Booth#: 2419
Registration and details at: www.sapphirenow.com
Sessions HighlightsHow To Transfer Data From Excel and PDF to SAP with GuiXT (3402)Presenter: Thomas Ewe, Synactive Inc.Date/Time: May 16, 2011, 12:30PM – 1:30PM
Butler Supply Inc.: Integrated Point of Sale (POS) for Small and Mid Sized Companies (3411)Presenters: William Immer, Butler Supply Inc.Date/Time: May 18, 2011, 11:15AM - 12:15PM
Upcoming Events: GuiXT Exhibiting
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Questions & Answers
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www.GuiXT.com
650-341-3310
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